Appendix D. QAIC model selection results for estimating survival, recruitment, and capture probabilities of northern flying squirrels in dry forests of eastern Washington. Only a subset of the full model with ΔQAICc ≤10 are listed. See Appendices A and B for covariate definitions.

Survival

Recruitment

Capture probability

QAICc

ΔQAICca

wib

Kc

uspp

uspp

yr+ucov+wt

1981.28

0.000

0.182

11

uspp+snowmax

uspp

yr+ucov+wt

1981.64

0.355

0.153

12

uspp

trufbiom

yr+ucov+wt

1982.35

1.066

0.107

11

trt+snowmax

uspp

yr+ucov+wt

1982.53

1.244

0.098

13

uspp+snowmax

uspp+yr

yr+ucov+wt

1982.82

1.540

0.084

15

uspp+snowmax

trufbiom

yr+ucov+wt

1982.83

1.546

0.084

12

lichbiom

uspp

yr+ucov+wt

1982.94

1.652

0.080

11

uspp+snowmax

trufbiom+uspp

yr+ucov+wt

1983.10

1.819

0.073

13

uspp+snowmax

trufrich

yr+ucov+wt

1984.54

3.256

0.036

12

sex+uspp+snowmax

wt+uspp

yr+ucov+wt

1985.36

4.078

0.024

14

uspp+snowmax

trt

yr+ucov+wt

1986.45

5.169

0.014

13

lichbiom+snowmax

trufbiom

yr+ucov+wt

1986.55

5.266

0.013

12

lichbiom

lichbiom

yr+ucov+wt

1986.57

5.290

0.013

11

constant

constant

yr+ucov+wt

1987.40

6.118

0.009

9

snowmax

constant

yr+ucov+wt

1987.57

6.288

0.008

10

trt

trt

yr+ucov+wt

1988.03

6.741

0.006

13

trt

trt

sex+yr+ucov+wt

1988.08

6.794

0.006

14

trt+snowmax

trt

yr+ucov+wt

1988.19

6.908

0.006

14

trt

trt

yr+ucov+wt

1989.69

8.401

0.003

14

trt

trt

trt

1991.39

10.106

0.001

14

sex+trt

sex+trt

sex+trt

1995.35

14.065

0.000

18

trt+yr

trt+yr+wt

trt+yr

1996.10

14.816

0.000

20

trt+wt

trt+wt

trt

2017.07

35.784

0.000

15

trt+yr

trt+yr

trt+yr

2091.40

110.113

0.000

19

trt×yr

trt×yr

trt×yr

2125.92

144.633

0.000

39

constant

constant

constant

2149.04

167.758

0.000

3

a The difference between the given model and the minimum QAIC model for that cover type. Models with values ≤2 have substantial support from the data, values from 37 have considerably less support, and differences ≥10 have essentially no support (Burnham and Anderson 2002: p. 70).

b Akaike weight of evidence, or probability, that model is the actual “best” among models within the cover type.